Clinical observation on abdominal acupuncture plus Madopa for treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Author: Xiu-hua CHEN ¹ ; Yang LI ; Yu KUI
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1. Traditional Therapy Center, Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Abdomen; Acupuncture Therapy; methods; Adult; Aged; Benserazide; therapeutic use; Drug Combinations; Female; Humans; Levodopa; therapeutic use; Male; Middle Aged; Parkinson Disease; therapy
From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2007;27(8):562-564
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo find out an effective therapy for Parkinson's disease.
METHODSSixty cases were randomly divided into an abdominal acupuncture group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The abdominal acupuncture group were treated with Madopa and abdominal acupuncture at Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Qi-hai (CV 6) and Guanyuan (CV 4), etc. ; and the control group were treated with Madopa.
RESULTSAfter treatment of 3 courses, the effective rate was 90.0% in the abdominal acupuncture group and 83.3% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONAbdominal acupuncture combined with Madopa can elevate therapeutic effect of Madopa and reduce adverse effects of Madopa for the patient of primary Parkinson's disease.